Abstract: A transparent consumer product, such as an aqueous heavy duty liquid having colorant dye, in a clear bottle, wherein the material of which said bottle is made comprises fluorescent dye to protect the colorant dye. The f-dye may, alternatively or in addition to, be present in a clear label on such bottle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1999
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2004
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Edward John Giblin, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Kristina Marie Neuser, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Daniel Joseph Kuzmenka, Barbara Helen Bory
Abstract: Edible frozen product extruding machine of the type using cartridges (3) which contain the frozen product (4) provided with an extrusion nozzle (5) and which rest on a platform (2), inside which cartridge acts a piston (6) which can move vertically by means of its stem (7) from the machine's driving devices, which centres its characteristics on incorporating to said stem (7) a side stop (8) which, in the downwards motion of piston (6) acts on a rod (9) which is parallel to stem (7) against the tension of a spring (11), which rod (9) is joined to a support (15) for cone (15) or vessel which receives the ice cream dose, so that with each operational cycle of the machine, initially cone (15) approaches nozzle (5) until the product is level with its opening, at which time stop (8) carries support (13) down, gradually distancing the cone from the nozzle as the classic overfilling of the cone is achieved, so that the frozen product considerably extends beyond its opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 11, 2004
Assignee:
Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Juan Carlos Gispert Casino, Jaume Hueso Malet, Juame Oliveras Pico
Abstract: Frozen aerated confection, containing no orchid product, but containing an effective amount of certain polysaccharides are prepared which exhibit at least the same extensibility as the one exhibited when orchid derived products are added.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2000
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2004
Assignee:
Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Adrian Daniel, Timothy John Foster, Leif Orjan Lundin, Ian Timothy Norton, Robin Sutton
Abstract: An aerated frozen product comprising less than 8% fat by weight and characterized in that the aerated frozen product comprises fat platelets, and after it has been melted and cooled, comprises fat platelets and spherical fat globules at a platelet to sphere ratio of greater than 0.02.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 8, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 27, 2004
Assignee:
Good Humor−Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Ulrich Adolphi, Andrew Richard Cox, Mark Kirkland, Scott Singleton
Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 6, 2004
Assignee:
Unilever Bestfoods North America, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Fl{overscore (o)}ter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten
Abstract: A device for stamping a detergent bar, i.e. a bar comprising soap, a synthetic detergent active or a mixture thereof, includes a die. The die has at least one bar stamping surface provided with at least one elastomeric coating which includes a conductive filler such as stainless steel powder. Good release of the detergent bars from the die is possible particularly when the dies are chilled. Use of the conductive filler facilitates chilling of the dies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 1997
Date of Patent:
January 13, 2004
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Edward Ross Story, Daniel John Heinz, Pasquale Michael Buzzeo
Abstract: In a device for handling plastic material, such as a stamping device for stamping detergent bars, an elastomeric layer is provided on the handling surface which has good adhesion to the handling surface and good release from the plastic material. The elastomeric layer comprises at least two elastomeric coatings of different properties and/or compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 25, 2003
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Oliver Klein, Mario Peter Neuhof, Hans-Juergen Solert
Abstract: Heat treated cereal grains can be obtained from cereal grains by a process, wherein the cereal grains are subjected to a heat treatment with a gas in an annular fluidized bed, which gas has different velocity components; the grains obtained result after milling in a flour with:
25-80% damaged starch
a water binding capacity of 1.5-6 g/g
an initial gelatinization temperature of more than 50° C.
particle size of 1-200 &mgr;m.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2000
Date of Patent:
November 11, 2003
Assignee:
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Marius Van Der Beek, Aris Graveland, Gopinath Babasaheb Rajale
Abstract: An aerated frozen product comprising less than 8% fat by weight and characterized in that the aerated frozen product comprises fat platelets, and after it has been melted and cooled, comprises fat platelets and spherical fat globules at a platelet to sphere ratio of greater than 0.05.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 9, 2001
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2003
Assignee:
Good-Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Abstract: In an embodiment, a container includes a dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a non-uniform surface structured so that the dispensing closure can be disposed on the surface when the container is in its dispensing position. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a vent, a vent cap forming a closure for the vent, a handle, a pouring aperture and a pouring closure covering the pouring aperture. The top surfaces of the vent cap, the handle and the pouring closure are generally parallel, and the heights of the top surfaces of the vent cap and the pouring closure are within an inch of the height of the top surface of the handle. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a handle extending from a handle base within the top wall. A pouring aperture is surrounded by a pouring aperture base which also extends from the top wall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 14, 2003
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Douglas Gerhart, Harry Hamilton Haubert, III, Robert Charles Blanc, Edward John Giblin
Abstract: Blends of quercetin and isoflavones from the group consisting of genestein, daidzein and glycetin display synergistic effects when applied as anti-inflammatory agent or as skin agent in particular for anti ageing purposes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2001
Date of Patent:
September 9, 2003
Assignee:
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Martin Richard Green, Anne Hailes, Maria Catherine Tasker, Paula Rachel Yates